Friday, November 2, 2012

Raccoon Hat

I made this raccoon hat on a request from a picture that was shown on Pinterest. I couldn't find a pattern for it so I kinda improvised.

The sizing on it ended up being a little weird. I went for a 22" hat, it was not very tight. I think if I had MR'd 8 instead of 6 and done it in multiples of that 8, I would have had a better sizing. Oh well! It turned out all right in the end anyway.

I used double-stranded Caron Simply Soft on every piece, and an I hook.

Eyebrow:
Working on the black part of the mask, from the narrow end to the bigger/fatter end
sc in first 6 or so stitches, hdc in the next 2, dc in 5 or 6. I didn't take good notes but the eyebrow should be thick along the top part of the eye patch.

Attach the black part of the eye to the center of the white part of the eye. Then attach the white part of the eye to the black patch. I put a little bit of stuffing in there to make them buggy. Don't overstuff though!

6 comments:

Hi there, i've been making this pattern for about 3 weeks now, as its my first ever project ive taken to making. so far I have everything made now but I want to know, how did you get the tail attached to the main part of the hat?

Since this is the first project i ever started making, at first the hat Part came out nice, but too small but that was because i was in the habit of pulling my yarn tight with each stitch. After tho, everything came out beautiful. One thing however is that i made different eyes. Mine were the happy anime eyes so it came out looking like this: ^_^ i don't know if i can post a picture.

You're welcome, Lee Ann and Emily! I hope the sizing works out. Let me know how it goes. I may need to alter it a little/have it tested if the hats come out too big. Just measure it as you go and try to keep an eye on it. :)